A/N: There's some good news and some bad news. Good news is, here's an update (heehee, I'm a sucker for the obvious) bad news, my vacation is over (so sad!) which means updates might not be as regular.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hana Yori Dango (rub it in why don't you).

Tsukushi groaned as she felt the hot water hit her bruised and battered body. When she had first taken up this insane declaration of war she had thought if she could avoid him, she wouldn't really have to worry about Doumyouji Tsukasa. The last few hours had definitely taught her differently!

After lunch, she, Hiro, Naoki and Ayumi split from the other two and decided to go to the beach to start their vacation. From there began Tsukushi's descent to hell. Unsuspecting the madman after her, Tsukushi and the group decided to go windsurfing and the four set out on the water after receiving brief instructions. Tsukushi was on a board with a bright blue and red sail having a blast. Until she saw a flaming arrow headed straight for her. It pierced her sail and down she went.

Next on the list was paragliding. Everyone else went first and they came back down no problems. Tsukushi double-checked to make sure her lines are secure and goes up; a good 20 feet out she notices the pilot hacking away at her rope. See Tsukushi scream, see Tsukushi fall, straight to the ocean.

Rock climbing and she got stuck at the top where fire rescue had to come get her down-the reason, her rope managed to somehow slip through its hook attachment on her body.

They called it quits after AV riding-where Tsukushi was projected out of her vehicle straight into a tree. The manager acted completely amazed that the seat had somehow been ripped from the vehicle. Until Tsukushi, who waited for the others to walk away first, persuaded the manager to spill the beans.

"Its amazing what a little pressure to the throat will do," Tsukushi thought in satisfaction. Unfortunately, she discovered from the manager that Doumyouji had bribed several of the employees, himself included, for certain incidents to happen to her.

"Incidents my ass," Tsukushi snorted, gingerly soaping herself, "he's out for blood." "Ohh," Tsukushi groaned bending over to pick up the soap she dropped only to discover her body seriously did not appreciate what had been going on today. "And its only been Day 1," she thought in gloom.

But she refused to give up-she wasn't a weed for anything, especially not to be trampled down by a moron like him. She got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She started hunting around the bathroom for the blow dryer she had stashed somewhere when she heard a knock at the door.

"Wait a second please," she called out and scrambled out of the bathroom to answer it. She peeped her head cautiously out the door, another sneak attack highest in her mind.

"Hello," she called out not seeing anyone in the doorway. She opened the door wider and stepped into the hallway. There was no sign of anyone in either direction, she shrugged her shoulders and went to go back inside. As she was going in she, felt paper underneath her bare feet. Clutching the top of her towel, Tsukushi looked down to find an envelope addressed to her lying there. She picked it up and went inside closing the door behind her. She wondered whom it was from; it didn't seem like any trick Tsukasa would pull, it was so tame. She took out the note inside.

Tsukushi, Please meet me in the gazebo outside on the water in 30 minutes. I have something important to tell you, Hiro.

"Hmm, I wonder what its about," Tsukushi thought trying to remember if Hiro seemed to have anything on his mind of late. "Let me go see what he needs to tell me," she said aloud, starting to throw clothes on.

Twenty minutes later, Tsukushi started towards the area indicated on the map in her hand as the gazebo. As she walked towards the French doors leading to the pathway outside, she wondered where the rest of the group was. "It's strange that I don't see anyone," she puzzled but then her brows cleared when she realized that dinner must be starting soon. She hurried to find Hiro before dinner could begin. As she walked down the pathway outside, she marveled at the beauty before her.

This particular area had been sculpted with green lawns stretching on two sides of a pathway with no other flowers or shrubs. The grass abruptly ended but the pathway continued to led directly to a gazebo built on the water. There were no other lights here except the tiny ones strung on the dome of the gazebo itself. When one looked, it seemed as if the gazebo sat in the ocean with the stars as a backdrop. As Tsukushi walked to the gazebo she could see a man facing out to the ocean.

"Hiro," she called and ran up to meet him. He didn't turn around when she called though until she was right behind him. "Hiro," Tsukushi asked questioningly, placing her hand gently on his back.

He turned around and Tsukushi gave a gasp. It was someone else, someone she had never seen before. Tsukushi took a step back but he followed her and grasped her hands.

"Tsukushi-chan I came like your letter asked me too! I think you're hot stuff too!" he said moving his grip up her arms.

"Hey, who are you? Let me go!" Tsukushi cried beginning to struggle in his grip. "Who is this guy and why is he on top of me," she thought trying to push him away.

He brought his face down closer, "Tsukushi-chan I'm hurt, what about that letter you wrote. You said that you wanted me and that you wanted me to do….things to you," he leered in her face as Tsukushi froze in horror. "Did he send you?" she asked in a low voice, shaking in anger. "Did Doumyouji send you to do this?" she shouted.

The man in front of her smirked and Tsukushi felt her stomach heave, "This bastard is enjoying harassing me!" "Yeah he told me to set you up. Your boyfriend is behind us-wait till he sees what you're doing," the man chuckled, amused at the situation. Tsukushi inhaled sharply as she heard footsteps coming down the pathway.

"Bastard!" she screamed as she saw red. She drew her head back sharply just as the man had been descending his own to try and kiss her and headbutted him. "Oww!" The man jerked back clutching his head in his hands. Tsukushi quickly slammed her foot straight into his abdomen and he almost toppled over the railing of the gazebo.

"You bitch!" he screamed moving his hands away from his bloodied face.

Tsukushi closed in on him and drew back her right fist to drive it straight into his face. "You tell Doumyouji he can kiss my ass if he thinks I'll crumble," she called out as the man fell over the railing into the water. Right in time.

Hiro came up to the gazebo, "Hey Tsukushi, why did you want me to meet you here? And didn't I see someone else here with you?"

Tsukushi sighed in relief; it had been too dark for Hiro to notice what had been happening. "No I'm here by myself. Did you get the note," Tsukushi asked on a hunch.

"Yeah it said to meet you here but we're going to miss dinner. Why are we here?" Hiro asked.

"I wanted you to see the view. Isn't it amazing?" she said breezily, putting her arm around his own. "Now lets go eat!"

"Damn and blast!" Tsukasa threw down his binoculars in frustration almost jumping up and down with fury. "What the hell! Why can't I get this bitch!"

"Admit it Tsukasa, you can't take this one down," said Akira laying down his own binoculars on his chest.

They were stationed in a ship about 50 yards out from the gazebo hoping to spy on the fireworks. Tsukasa glared down at Akira who was sprawled in a lounger next to him.

"Actually," Akira mused, "doesn't she remind you of someone?"

"No! What third rate person do we know?" he retorted. He looked back towards the gazebo thinking hard; clearly this girl required some more effort. He gave a slight grin, "I'm actually kind of having fun with this though," he thought. Dealing with Tsukushi was the most interesting thing to happen to him for a long time.

Akira, who seemed to be wrapped in deep thought suddenly snapped his fingers, "I know! She looks exactly like your sister. Especially when she's fighting."

Tsukasa's eyebrows snapped up, "What the hell!" he bellowed, enraged. "She is not like my sister, my sister is beautiful!" He threw a punch down which Akira again dodged with practiced ease.

"I'm being serious! They kind of look alike, though Makino has no body whatsoever; but they've both got serious tempers and are violent as hell."

Tsukasa made a sound to protest but quickly shut his mouth. Tsukushi did have cute body; he himself had seen a bit of it when he went to drop that letter off at her room. He had been hiding down the hall to make sure she would get it and had seen Tsukushi come out in nothing but a towel. He didn't know why he had been so affected; he had seen lots of other girls in much less but he had been red for a solid hour after having seen her.

Tsukasa shook his head; he was starting to have crazy thoughts. "Whatever. Come on, let's get off this boat and go the bar."

The next morning Tsukushi woke up to an annoying buzzing in her ear. Cracking one eye open she saw the light on the hotel phone blinking.

"Hello," she said grabbing the receiver and placing it next to her ear. A barrage of gibberish flowed through. "Hiro, slow down, I cant understand what you're saying." Tsukushi started repeating what he said feeling her eyes close again, "Conference….afternoon….morning…….play……boat. Boat!" she said opening her eyes with a snap. She sat up quickly in bed, "You want to take a boat out? Right now? Why now? Oh yeah, you guys have a meeting later on. Ok, let me wake Ayumi up. We'll see you at breakfast in 30 minutes. Bye." Tsukushi replaced the phone back into its cradle.

She threw back the covers and headed for the bathroom smiling a little. Hiro was like a little boy; all he had wanted to do since he heard about this trip was to ride a boat.

"Now if only that octopus head doesn't come to ruin things," Tsukushi muttered turning the sink faucet on. She hadn't seen him at all last night; she only hoped things would remain that way for a bit longer.

An hour later Tsukushi, Hiro, Naoki and Ayumi set out for the marina. Tsukushi kept her fingers crossed; while they were breakfasting, there had no sign of Tsukasa or his friend and she just hoped he would stay under whatever rock he was under until Hiro had his boat ride. As they approached the marina Hiro became more and more excited. "I've been wanting to do this for awhile now. I haven't been sailing since high school." The others smiled at him as he continued to chatter about his sailing experiences with his grandfather during school breaks.

The four boarded the ship the dockmaster arranged for them. As Naoki was untying the line, the older man looked up at them. "Are you sure you guys know what you're doing?" he called up to them. Hiro laughed, "Yes, don't worry. We'll be back soon." The dockmaster nodded his head and waved to them as they pulled away from the marina.

Hiro navigated the ship out some distance from the resort while the others enjoyed the sea air. Tsukushi gave a sigh as the breeze played with her hair. It was nice to relax after being so stressed out by that moron; it felt like her troubles were miles away. Tsukushi gave a small giggle, "Well literally, I suppose they are." She placed both arms on the railing of the ship and felt the air around her bare legs gently lifting the edge of her wrap-around red sundress.

Suddenly there was a horrible clanging sound coming from below them. "What was that?" Naoki shouted to Hiro. "I don't know! Let me go down and check the engine." Hiro opened the door to the ships interior and disappeared inside. The ship chugged for a bit and then gave a last lingering screech and abruptly stopped. The air around them still resonating with dying noises of the ship, the three watched wide eyed for Hiro to return.

He came back up the stairs slowly, dark grease over his hands and even a streak on his forehead. He came out to them shaking his head slowly, "I don't know how, but it looks like someone dismantled the fuel connector." Tsukushi and Ayumi looked at each other while Naoki smacked his forehead with the heel of his hand. Tsukushi turned back to Hiro, "What does that mean?" Hiro looked at her, "Well, it seems like the connection from the fuel to the engine was taken apart. Basically there was enough fuel in the engine for us to get out here, but without the missing components, we're stuck." Ayumi cried, "We're stuck here until someone sees us sitting here?" Hiro made a placating gesture, "No, no. I'll go radio someone our location and then can tug us back to the marina right away."

"Oh no," Tsukushi whispered closing her eyes. She heard the others go in to radio for help but she stayed there lifting her unexpectedly trembling hands to her eyes. That damned sense of impending doom came back to her. "He couldn't have," she thought.

When she heard the three simultaneous cries she knew: he had.

Six hours later………

Tsukushi was tired, hungry, sunburned and absolutely furious. They had finally been found by a "rescue" boat sent by the resort; Hiro, poor Hiro, had asked why they hadn't come sooner since they were supposed to have returned hours ago. The rescue group said that nobody had reported them as missing. Everyone looked confused at this except Tsukushi. She just ground her teeth and yelled at the crew to get them back quick. After landing, Tsukushi watched Naoki and Hiro walk dejectedly back to the resort with Ayumi between them. They were exhausted and Naoki and Hiro had missed most of their management meeting, a slight that would not go unnoticed.

Tsukushi shouted up to them, "You guys go ahead. There's umm, something I forgot to do." The others didn't even pause. Tsukushi swung around in the direction of the beach-she had a feeling that that freak would be there since he would have an excellent view of everything.

"The inhuman beast! I mean its one thing to fight with me, but when you throw Hiro, Naoki and Ayumi into it!" she though more angry than she had ever been before in her life. "And Hiro-all he wanted to do is ride that damn boat!" She stomped through the sand looking for Tsukasa. Something glinted in the corner of her eye and she turned towards the outdoor terrace and spotted her quarry.

Tsukasa was rolling with laughter; his plan worked! He had been up the night thinking of something and finally had figured on this. He made sure both boat and radio were disabled so that the group would be well and truly stuck. When he had felt that they had suffered sufficiently, he told the resort to send people to pick them up. They had come back completely dejected and demoralized. He could envision Tsukushi coming to him in tears.

He turned to brace himself on the table behind him, he was laughing so hard that Akira looked at him in slight disgust. "Tsukasa it's not that funny! I mean-" Whatever Akira was about to say was lost forever as a sudden cry rent the air.

"DOUMYOUJI TSUKASA!!!"

Akira saw Tsukushi running towards them and suddenly launch into the air. Tsukasa didn't even have the time to turn around as Tsukushi delivered a flying kick straight to his head. She didn't even stop but continued to run into the resort. Akira dropped to the ground shaking the fallen Tsukasa.

"Tsukasa! Oi, Tsukasa are you Ok?"

Tsukasa stunned, watched the stars revolve around his head. "Nee-chan? Is that you?